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Sit All Day for Work? Simple Step Can Cut Your Health Risk
Skin Cream May Offer New Treatment Option for Psoriasis
Sleep Apnea Doubles Odds for Sudden Death
Sleep Apnea in Childhood a Bad Sign for Teenage Heart Health
Smartphone Apps May Aid in Heart Attack Recovery
Smartwatch Heart Data May Be Less Accurate for Black Users
Some Blood Pressure Meds Raise Heart Risks in People With HIV
Some Older Breast Cancer Patients Can Safely Cut Down on Chemo
Some Vegetarian Diets Are Much Healthier Than Others
Someday, Your Shopping Cart Might Gauge Your Heart Health
Spikes in Blood Pressure Bring Many Americans to the ER
Spouses Share a Lot – Including Heart Health, Study Shows
Statins Tied to Significantly Lower Death Rate From Ovarian Cancer
Stay Fit to Avoid A-Fib and Stroke
Stem Cell Injections Show Early Promise Against Spinal Cord Injuries
Stem Cell Therapy Boosts Outcomes for Some Heart Failure Patients
Still Too Few Women in Stroke Treatment Clinical Trials
Stopping Common Heart Meds Could Be Risky for Kidney Patients
Stress, Anger May Worsen Heart Failure
Strict Low-Carb Diets Could Push Type 2 Diabetes Into Remission, But Effect Fades
Stronger Hearts, Better Outcomes in Pregnancy: Study
Study Ties Gum Disease to High Blood Pressure
Surgical Snip Might Prevent Stroke in People With A-fib
Surviving Childhood Cancer Can Take Toll on Adult Heart
Tai Chi Could Be Good Medicine for Heart Patients
Targeted Drug Tagrisso Could Be Advance Against Lung Cancer
Targeted High-Dose Radiation Helps Fight Advanced Lung Cancer
Teen Boys With High Blood Pressure Face Danger Decades Later
Texas Court Case Could Threaten Americans' Health Care Nationwide
Texting Your Way to Better Health After Heart Attack
The Fitter Do Better After an A-Fib Treatment
Though Often Prescribed, Diuretic Pills May Not Prevent Kidney Stones
Tight Control of High Blood Pressure Brings Big Brain Benefits
Too Many, Too Few Babies May Speed Aging in Women
Tough Childhoods Are Tough on Adult Hearts: Study
Tough Menopause May Signal Future Heart Woes
Trauma of Racism Fuels High Blood Pressure Among Black Americans: Study
Treatment-Resistant High Blood Pressure May Be More Common Than Thought
Trial Begins of Nasal Vaccine for Alzheimer's Disease
Trial Into Antioxidant for Parkinson's Disease Yields Disappointing Results
Trials Begin for Potential COVID-19 Drug Remdesivir
Trials Find Full-Dose Blood Thinners May Harm, Not Help, COVID Patients in ICU
Trials Show COVID Vaccines Well Worth It for Cancer Patients
Triglycerides a Stroke Danger, Even With Statin Treatment
Two Meds Better Than One for Many With High Blood Pressure: Study
U.S. Moms-to-Be Are Much Less Healthy Now
U.S. Rate for a Dangerous Pregnancy Complication Doubled in 12 Years
Unexplained Drop in Resting Heart Rate in Youth 'Not a Good Thing'
Unhealthy in Your 20s? Your Mind May Pay the Price Decades Later
Untreated High Blood Pressure a Growing Problem Among Americans
Unvaccinated and Having Heart Trouble? That Can Be Deadly When COVID Strikes
Vaccine Rollout Could Have Americans Back to Normalcy by Summer, Expert Says
Vaping Might Trigger Irregular Heartbeat, Animal Studies Show
Vaping Raises Blood Clotting Risks, Harms Small Arteries: Study
Weight Loss Helps Your Heart Even If Some Weight Come Back
We've Been Here Before: How Polio Vaccine Rollout Saved Millions of Young Lives
What Athletes Should Know About COVID-19, Heart Damage and Working Out
What Blood Sugar Levels Best Protect Against Heart Trouble in Those With Diabetes?
What Puts You at High Risk of Midlife Mental Decline?
When Young Adults Vape, Blood Pressure, Heart Rate May Spike
Whole Grains Every Day: Key to Your Health and Waistline
Whole Wheat Better for You Than White Bread, Study Confirms
Who's at Higher Risk for A-Fib, Men or Women?
Who's Dying Young in U.S. From Heart Attacks?
Who's Most Likely to Join a Clinical Trial?
Why Are Young Black Americans Becoming Less Heart-Healthy?
Why High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy Bodes Ill for Future Health
Wildfires Ravage Firefighters' Long-Term Physical, Mental Health
Will a Little Drinking Help Your Heart? Maybe Not
Will High-Protein Diets Help the Middle-Aged Build Muscle?
Women Less Likely to Get Standard Heart Medications
Women Still Underrepresented in Many Clinical Trials
Working Night Shifts Could Raise Odds for A-Fib
Worries May Raise Men's Heart Risks, Even When Young
Young Americans Face Rising Rates of Obesity, High Blood Pressure, Diabetes
Young Women at Higher Risk for Stroke Than Male Peers: Study
Your Morning Cup of Coffee Can Affect Your Heart's Rhythms